Bottle-labeler.



J. J. GAYNOR.

BOTTLE LABELER.

LPPLIOATION HL2 Mula, 1912.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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BOTTLE LABELER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1912. 1,071,731. Patented sept. 2,1913.

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JOHN J. GAYNOR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESN ASSIGNMENTS,

TO AUTOMATIC MACHINERY MANUFACTURING AND SALES COMPANY, 0F INDIAN- APOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

BOTTLE-LABEL`ER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Application filed May 13, 1912. Serial No. 696,924.

"0 all fic/wm i may concern Be it known that l, JOHN .1. GArNon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Bottle-Labeler, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a very simple but eiicient mechanism by means of which labels may be automatically applied to bottles' or other similar articles.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a plan with the label delivery mechanism omitted; l 3 a fragmentary detail, in vertical elevation, ot' a bottle and the adjacent label-applying Vltructute; Fig. 4 an elevation of the parts lshown in Fig. 3 at the right angles to said ligure; and Fig. 5 a plan of theJ parts shown ir Fig It.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a main frame provided Awith a work table 11 upon which .is arranged a trough or guideway 12. Trav ersin'f the table 11 within the guide 12 is an endless carrier 13 provided atproper intervals with positive bottle-engaging members 14. The bottles may be delivered to the carrier 13 from a transverse carrier 13 if desired. rranged alongside table 11, and upon each side ot the carrier 13, are two vertical disks 1:1415 which are connected together, tor simultaneous rotation, upon the horizontal shaft 10 which passes beneath table 11 and is provided at one end with a gear 17 by means ot which it may be driven in exact time with the carrier 13, this being accomplished by means of a pinion 13 meshing with gear 17 and carried by shaft, 19 also provided with a pinion 2O which meshes with a pinion 21 attached to the shaft upon which isl mounted a sprocket wheel 23 over which the carrier 13 is passed. Shaft 22 may conveniently be the main drive shaft of the machine and receive power through pulley 24 and belt 25.

At convenient points on disks 15, depending upon the number of bottle-engaging members 14 of the carrier 13, are label receiving bars 31 which are similarly arranged upon the two disks 15 so as to receive opposite ends of labels 32. As the disks 15 rotate,

int-ans ot a gluing-l roller which is alter,- nately dipped into a. glue supply tank 34 and brought into engagement with bars 31 by means of a link 35, the free end of which lies within a cani slot 3G, carried by one ot' the disks 15. rl`here are many devices by meansI ot' which `flue may be applied to the bars 31 and the device which I illustrate only diagrannnatically in the drawings is merely selected as illustrative of any one of a number of such devices which are well known in the art and which, specifically, 'forms no part of my present invention. The labels 32 are also delivered automatically to the glue bars 31 after glue has been supplied to them and the mechanism of this automatic delivery may also be any one of a number of well known devices.

1n the drawings, show a label magazine 37 in which a vertical stack of labels face up may be placed and temporarily retained, the labels moving downwardly through the guide 37 automatically as successive labels are stripped from the bottom of the stack. The magazine 37 is, in the form shown in the drawings, carried by two substantially alined bars 33 and 39. The bar 39 is supported at its forward end by a link 41 which at its upper end is connected to the pin of a crank 42 carried by a rock shaft 43 provided with a hand lever 44, the arrangement being such that by turning the shaft 43 through approximately 180o the label magazine may be thrown entirely out of operative relation with the disks 15. The rear end ot bar 38 is connected to the wrist pin of the disk 45 which is carried by a shaft 46 provided with a gear 47 meshing with a gear 43 carried by a shaft 49 which is provided with a pinion 1 meshing with the gear 17, the arrangement being such that the bottom label 32 in the magazine 37 will be automatically laid upon the freshly glued bars 31 as they pass beneath the magazine so as to thus cause a withdrawal of a label by the glued bars 31 as the disks 15 rotate.

Arrangedadjacent the circumterences of disks 15 at the delivery side thereof, are two wiper arms 53, 53 which overlie the', carrier 13 and obstruct the space between the two disks 15. Each of these wiper arms is provided with a spring 54 and at the free end each wiper arm is provided with a flexible the bars 31 are supplied with fresh glue by l linger 55 adapted to engage the label just as4 the bottle is ready to emerge from between the disks.

The operation is as follows: Bottles 55 are delivered to the carrier 13 in any desired manner and by the carrier are driven horizontally between the disks 15 as the disks rotate. As the disks rotate, their glue bars 3 1 are first supplied with glue; each pair of freshly glued bars pick up a label from the magazine 37, and as the labels reach the point illustrated in Fig. 3, a bottle 56 will have been projected through between the disks 15 and will be in position to just touch the upper edge of the label. ContinuedA advancement of the bottle will also cause slight further movement of the label downwardly and the bottle will thus engage the label between the glue bars and begin to strip the label from the glue bars, as illust-rated in Fig. 5, the label carrying a sufficient quantity of glue from the bars as this stripping action takes place. Just before the label is entirely stripped from the glue bars the wipers 5o engage the label and hold it against the bottle as the bottle is projected between the wiper arms, the label thus being wiped around the bottle and being caused to adhere thereto by reason of the glue which has been applied to the ends only of the label. It will be noticed that the movement of the bottle feeding carrier and the labelapplying disks is a constant movement and not a reciprocating or intermittent one. As a consequence the apparatus may be run at a high speed and a very large number of bottles labeled in a short time. As the bottles may pass between the disks, it is, of course, essential that the labels be applied to the glue bars at such point in their paths of travel as not to interfere with the entry of the bottles between the disks.

l claim as my invention:

1. A bottle labeling machine comprising a.

pair of rota-table disks provided with a pair of label-receiving bars on their circumfer ence, a package guide extending through between said disks, a package carrier having a bottle-feeding path of travel toward vand through between said disks and along the package guide, means for driving the disks and package carrier in synchronism, and

lwipers for engaging the package and label as the package emerges from between the fart-her sides of the disks.

2. A bottle labeling machine comprising a pair of rotatable disksprovided with a pair of label-receiving bars on their circumferences, a package guide extending through between said disks so as to permit movement of bottles toward the disks and through between them, and wipers for engaging the package and label as the package emerges from between the farther sides of the disks.

3. A bottle labeling machine comprising a pair of rotatable disks provided with a pair o'f label receiving bars on their circumferences, aA package guide extending through between said disks, a package carrier having a bottle-feeding path of rtravel toward and through between said disks and along the package guide, means for driving the disks and package carrier in synchronism, wipers for engaging the package and label as the package emerges from between the farther sides of the disks, means for automatically supplying the bars with glue, and means for automatically applying labels to the glue bars.

4. A bottle labeling machine comprising a pair of rotatable disks provided with a pair of label-receiving bars on their circumferences, a package guide extending through between said disks so as to permit movement of bottles toward the disks and through between them, wipers for engaging the package and label as the package emerges from between the fart-her sides of the disks,

means for automatically supplying the bars with glue, and means for automatically applying labels to the glued bars.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set l 

